After three long years....

Josh started kindergarten today!

This kid has watched his two big brothers go off to school for the last three years and asked me why he couldn't go, too. He's been through three years of mom's preschool - that's three years of three year old class and three years of four old class. (Does that make six years of preschool???) Then, last week, brothers left for school again, without him. He was angry at me for days.

It finally happened!!
Today was the Day!

And, I think these might just be Spirit Hands!

Josh, Dad, and Sam in front of the Big School. I was told after school that it's called Fox Hollow now because he goes to school there. It's not the 'Big School' anymore! And, there's the spirit hands again!

Foxy the Fox was out on the playground to welcome the kindergartners. Josh couldn't wait to get his picture with Foxy.

Josh and Cabe found each other on the playground before lining up this morning. They're not in the same class, but the first thing Josh told me after school was that he got to play with Cabe at recess. They grabbed each other's hands and jumped up and down - they were both so excited to be there. We have ten kids (I think) from our neighborhood in kindergarten this year!

When I asked him what he did today, he said:

• I played with Cabe at recess
• I made a new friend named Hunter
• We read a book about Ms. Barton in Kindergarten
• We played "Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar" and I got a turn!
• I played with math cubes and made a gun (I'm waiting on a call from the teacher!)
• There's lots of girls in my class
• I learned that we don't throw the wood chips out of the playground or walk up the slides

(He didn't say anything about me crying so I think I'm safe! Whew!)

After school, we celebrated with lunch at Carl's Jr.
Since it was a celebration, I even let him make his own mixed drink at the soda machine.